#bumizumi

This is a great question, anon! Here are 10 of my OTPs, in no particular order:

Westallen (The Flash, Barry Allen/Iris West)

(Bonus if they’re in an OT3 with Eddie or Caitlin. Or Snart)

Percabeth (PJO, Percy Jackson/Annabeth Chase)

Maiko (ATLA, Mai/Zuko)

Kataang (ATLA, Katara/Aang)

Sukka (ATLA, Sokka/Suki)

Shirbert (AWAE/AOGG, Anne Shirley Cuthbert/Gilbert Blythe)

Bumizumi (LOK, Bumi II/Izumi)

(no GIF for this one 😅 they don’t have a single scene together)

Rujinu (KPDH, Rumi/Jinu)

Polytrix (KPDH, Rumi/Mira/Zoey)

Hanleia (Star Wars, Leia Organa/Han Solo)

Bonus #11:

Mary/Matthew (Downton Abbey)

(Bonus if they’re in an OT3 with Lavinia)

Young Izumi: What happened to my first?

I did something stupid 😂

The entire Gaang Jr (except Su) knows that Lin is hot and can't resist that

and what if i keep on looking at you just like that?

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Could Bumi be the father of Iroh II and Izumi's Daughter? We never did see Izumi's husband (do we even know his name?) or her daughter to see her physical appearance.

Maybe Izumi and Bumi got eloped in secret to avoid publicity. Think about it; Zuko's daughter with Aang and Katara's son? Think of the paparazzo getting the scoop on that! It'd be this world's version of The Royal Wedding in the UK. There could've been scandal too as how would the Fire people deal with their princess marrying a Water/Air non-bender? Would they see it as a "step-down" or a "betrayal to her race"?

But Izumi's husband was a different man, it could be that she was widowed after Iroh II was born. A few years later, Bumi would visit the Fire Nation for some reason, or he and Izumi would reconnect during a vacation. Eventually, they'd hit it off and their daughter would be born.

Married or not, I'm not sure why Izumi and her kids wouldn't be more prominent as Aang's grandchildren. And you'd think Zuko and/or Katara would've brought them up in passing. You could say they couldn't have known but I don't see it. Izumi seems a lot more conservative than Toph while both she and Bumi were close to their respective parents. Then there's Korra and Tenzin who would've seen Iroh II and Izumi's Daughter as vital to Aang's legacy (especially with the Airbenders were involved). ESPECIALLY when (in this case) Bumi's kids would've been much older than Tenzin's. Thus, putting some pressure off of Tenzin in repopulating the Airbenders (with Bumi, the Air bending gene could've been dormant). Not to mention Jinora, Ikki, Meelo and Rohan would've had cousins to bond with.

But, with Iroh II and Izumi's Daughter being born in a time of peace, safety couldn't have been the reason to keep the marriage and/or children secret from loved ones. Especially if we remember Katara's wrath...granted she was a kid in "Last Airbender", but aging could've maximized the anger. Bumi knew better than to risk that!

2024/2021

HELLO EVERYONE!

Let's go back to bumizumi for a moment, because why not? I love these guys so much. And...

• Izumi is constantly freezing. She hates the cold terribly and rarely leaves the confines of the Fire Nation because of the different climate. Uncle Iroh taught her to control her body temperature, but after giving birth, this technique simply did not work and she gave up trying to do something about it.

• For Bumi, the culture of her mother and uncle is very important, and he believed that he would have become a water magician if he had been born a magician. He studied with Sokka all his childhood and often visits the village and his uncle's legacy.

• Despite his intolerance of the cold, Izumi always agrees to go there with him.

• In front of the press, Bumi always hides his face behind a mask of Spirit. This is how he expresses his desire for privacy and anonymity. Izumi is delighted with his idea. Masters and Zuko too. Marrying an Avatar's son, a non-magician, and a military man on the other hand, can seriously damage their reputation throughout the more than 40 years of their marriage.

• It all started with the fact that they had to run away from the press in the Republican city and Bumi put a box on his head so as not to give himself away (their parents were against this union). When Izumi announced the engagement to her father, he gave her a Spirit mask, saying that he trusted her only to him.

• Bumi had pigtail!!!